We got engaged at Disneyland Paris – this is how we did it!
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This week we have a Guest Post from Gillian author
from https://gillian-alexandra.blogspot.com/. Gillian and her fiancé Shaun are a couple from Dundee,
Scotland whom enjoy traveling and visiting theme parks. In 2017 her partner
proposed to her in Disneyland Paris (DLP) around Christmas. This is their story.
Amongst other theme parks, we have also traveled
to Disneyland Anaheim and Disney California Adventure Park. We have been many
times to Disneyland Paris.
Where did you
stay in Paris?
When we visited Disneyland Paris we stayed at the
Radisson Blu, just a short ten minute drive away from the parks. The hotel has a shuttle bus which runs every
15 minutes to and from the park so you never have to wait long. The staff at the hotel were great, our two
friends were due to arrive the same day (unbeknown to me because they all
managed to keep it a secret!) and when Shaun mentioned to the receptionist that
they were coming to surprise me, they upgraded us for free and put us in rooms
right opposite each other! Shaun just told me at the time that he’d paid to
upgrade us to a nicer room!
The hotel had a lovely pool as well, our room had
bathrobes and slippers so that we could just head straight down without needing
to use the changing rooms which was awesome! The pool was indoors and heated and there was a jacuzzi as
well so it was perfect for heating us all up at the end of a cold day! Being
Scottish we’re used to the colder temperatures and it was alright when we were
walking about but we were literally freezing our butts off watching the stunt
show at Walt Disney Studios and had to go and get a hot chocolate afterwards to
warm up! [Paris weather in December is cold and wet. There is a chance of snow too. Average temperatures 8°Celsius and 3°Celsius at night].
Eurostar or
Fly?
Our friends took the Eurostar train and we flew by
plane – apparently they chose to go by train because there was less chance of
bumping into us on the flight or at the airport! And to be fair by the time you added up all
the time we spent traveling to the airport, waiting for our flight, flying over
and getting from the airport to the hotel, their journey really wasn’t that
much longer than ours! Thankfully because we live in the UK the time difference
is only an hour so no jetlag!
There is a bigger baggage allowance on the Eurostar though and sometimes price wise the Eurostar can be cheaper then flying (but we were flying from Scotland so it was cheaper to fly direct then catch the Eurostar by about £300).
There is a bigger baggage allowance on the Eurostar though and sometimes price wise the Eurostar can be cheaper then flying (but we were flying from Scotland so it was cheaper to fly direct then catch the Eurostar by about £300).
Favourite
Rides?
Both our favourite rides are at the Walt Disney Studios
park, mine is Crush’s Coaster just because it’s so different with it being
mostly indoors and in the dark and Shaun’s is Aerosmith’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster
because he likes the launch and the music, however both of us love Big Thunder
Mountain, Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean as well!
How busy were the parks around Christmas?
How busy were the parks around Christmas?
Both parks were super busy and the restaurants/cafes were
absolutely mobbed but I don’t remember having to wait overly long for any of
the rides, I would say no more than an hour. We didn’t have a particular
strategy or anything, we just made good use of the app which tells you the
estimated wait time of all the rides.
The Disney Proposal
Disneyland Paris is always going to be a special
place for us because it’s where Shaun proposed to me! I thought the surprise of
that trip was our friends turning up at our hotel room but Shaun had an even
bigger surprise planned the next day!
We headed into the park on the Saturday and just
before we went for lunch, Shaun suggested we go to the castle to get some
pictures. We took our friends’ pictures
and then it was their turn to take our pictures. All of a sudden Shaun pointed over to my left
and said “look, there’s Mickey!” – so of course I looked – and when I turned
back round he was down on one knee holding the ring!! Cue lots of (happy)
tears! And I said “Yes” of course. One of our friends was taking photos and the
other was filming – turns out that both of them had known about it for weeks
and that was the reason that they came to Disneyland Paris!
The hotel was fantastic. Our friends had told them
what Shaun had planned and they left us a bottle of champagne in our room and
made a couple of swans in a loveheart shape out of towels and left it on our
bed!
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Disneyland at
Christmas Time
I would definitely recommend going to Disneyland
Paris around Christmas time because the whole place is just magical. The castle twinkles and there are Christmas
lights everywhere, and because it gets dark earlier it makes the parade look absolutely
amazing. I loved the fire breathing
dragon! We were slightly disappointed
when it came to the fireworks though because we got a really good spot down
Main Street but because it was so foggy that day we hardly saw any of the
projections and once the fireworks started we saw nothing because of the smoke!
It was ok for us because we’d seen them
before but we felt sorry for our friends because it was their first time and
they couldn’t see them! So if its foggy – don’t watch the fireworks – go on
more rides instead.
We have been to Disneyland in Anaheim as well and
that was a completely different experience (a LOT warmer for one thing!) but DLP
will always have a place in our hearts because of that wonderful proposal!
I hope you enjoyed reading about Disneyland Paris. Thanks to Gillian and Shaun for sharing their
story. They are hoping to get married in the Summer of 2021.
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Gillian writes a travel blog and you can read about her latest adventures here at https://gillian-alexandra.blogspot.com/
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